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Selected:Starfish RetrospectiveSailboat RetrospectiveArchitecture Decision RecordStart Stop Continue
| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Agile Start Stop Continue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. | When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 15-45 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 4-12 | 1-3 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection |